Category: Around the World
Get ready to write with rainbow. It’s been nearly 40 years since artist and activist Gilbert Baker created the first rainbow flag with his bare hands. It was 1978 when Baker hand-dyed and stitched together eight strips of vibrant fabric, forming the now iconic flag. Although, over time, the colours were condensed from eight to six, […]
Nick Fager is a LGBT+ psychotherapist practicing in New York plus the coordinator for LGBT+ services at the Kull Initiative for Psychotherapy (KIP) in Manhattan’s upper west side. He also runs a support group for gay men struggling with dating app addictions called Grindr’ed Down, a KIP-based therapy group specifically tailored to gay men seeking intimacy beyond apps and […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com A memorial service has been held for the police officer and gay activist who was killed last week in Paris. Xavier Jugelé was killed by a gunman at the Champ-Élysées in an attack that also wounded two other officers and a bystander. Jugelé’s husband, Etienne Cardiles, has delivered an emotional […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com Police officer Xavier Jugelé, who was killed in last week’s attack on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, has been mourned as a champion of the LGBT+ community. Jugelé, 37, was openly gay and in a civil union with his partner. He was an active member of Flag, a French association […]
Tristan Reginato, a queer New York filmmaker, has debut his short-film, The Cost of Change. In the film, he touches on the familiar concept that many LGBT+ people have thought about throughout their coming out process – if you could change your sexuality, would you? The fictional film follows Yuri as he comes to terms […]
It’s no secret that us humans are completely and utterly fascinated with the human body – when it’s naked, that is. Whether it was Michelangelo’s statue of David or Boticelli’s Venus, there was nudity involved and we liked it. In celebration of the naked human body, Pornhub have just announced a new app called TrickPics, […]
53 young men have been arrested following the celebration of a same-sex wedding that they attended. They were charged with “belonging to a gang of unlawful society”. Mannir Nasir, prosecuting officer, told a court on Wednesday 19 April that the 53 young men were arrested on Saturday 15 April in the city of Zaria. Nigerian […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com A new study has found that LGBTI people aged over 50 who are married are healthier and happier than those who are single. The world-first study by the University of Washington found that older people had better physical and mental health, social support and financial resources than their single […]